... how did New Zealand compare with other countries? You'd have to say in one short word we were worse — we were far more draconian.
– Historian Rod Alley on levels of censorship during World War II
The warders there treated us like dirt, and the reason was we were the most troublesome people they ever had in jail, because we stood up for the rules ... which were not being observed, and they didn't like this at all.
– Conscientious objector Percy Gourlay
... and [I] began to realise if you were going to take the new testament seriously it was very very hard to justify war.